Arrange the steps of impeachment of Judges of High Court and Supreme Court sequentially.

(A) Formal announcement of impeachment is done by President of India.
(B) Copy of the proposal for impeachment is given to the judge in question.
(C) Inquiry on the grounds of Impeachment is done under the Judges Inquiry Act
(D) Motion for impeachment to be passed by 2/3^rd majority present and voting in both houses of parliament.
(E) Recommendation to impeach a judge is made by the Chief Justice of India to the President of India.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(C), (E), (B), (D), (A)

The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (E), (B), (D), (A)

(C) Inquiry on the grounds of Impeachment is done under the Judges Inquiry Act

(E) Recommendation to impeach a judge is made by the Chief Justice of India to the President of India.

(B) Copy of the proposal for impeachment is given to the judge in question.

(D) Motion for impeachment to be passed by 2/3^rd majority present and voting in both houses of parliament.

(A) Formal announcement of impeachment is done by President of India.

"As a part of the process of impeachment, an inquiry is made into the grounds of removal of the judges. The grounds for removal include: (i) proven misbehaviour or (ii) incapacity. The inquiry into these grounds is made under the Judges Inquiry Act, 1986 (C). This inquiry is done by a committee of three members, of which two are judges - one from the Supreme Court and second is the Chief Justice of High Court. If the complaint is against the high court judge then two judges from the Supreme Court constitute this Committee. Based on the findings, the recommendation to impeach the judge has to be made by the Chief Justice of India to the President of India (E). If it is accepted then, the proposal of impeachment must be introduced in the Parliament for discussion by 100 MPs in Lok Sabha or 50 MPs in Rajya Sabha. The copy of the proposal is given to the concerned judge before the proceeding starts in the Parliament of India (B). The impeachment process in the Parliament is governed under Article 124(4) of the Constitution. Under this scheme, the motion of impeachment has to be passed by the two-third majority members present and voting must be done separately in the each house of the Parliament (D). If the motion is passed then the formal announcement is done by the President of India. (A) "